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NEW Podcast Episode Focuses on New WHHA Book about Historic Lafayette Square
The White House Historical Association’s (WHHA) new episode of The 1600 Sessions podcast, “Life on Lafayette Square,” features a conversation with noted historian and author William Seale, who has written about White House history for more than 40 years. Host Stewart McLaurin, President of WHHA, interviews Seale about his new book, To Live on Lafayette Square: Society and Politics in the Presid
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New Signed Limited Edition Now Available of To Live on Lafayette Square by William Seale
The White House Historical Association’s recent release of To Live on Lafayette Square by historian William Seale, which details the rich history of what was once the most powerful and fashionable neighborhood in Washington, is now available in a Limited Edition that features a deluxe embossed book jacket and is numbered and signed by the author. To Live on La
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2019 Holiday Book Fair and Shopping Event
The White House Historical Association’s annual Holiday Book Fair and Shopping Event is a full day of festivities with nearly 20 authors available to sign copies of their award-winning books, live music, and more. Since 1962, the White House Historical Association has published books on the history of the White House—covering topics including architecture, gardens, fine and decorative arts, food, and
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Protest and the White House Press Collection
For more than a century, thousands of Americans have gathered in Lafayette Park across from the White House to exercise their First Amendment rights and bring awareness to their respective causes. In this collection, explore how individuals, groups, and organizations historically used this space to advocate equality, protest policy, and demand action from the neighborhood's most powerful occupant. Compiled by
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President's Neighborhood Press Collection
Since the White House was first occupied by President John Adams in 1800, influential people and organizations—or those who hoped to have influence—have bought property and built homes and offices along the streets surrounding the White House. Compiled by the White House Historical Association. Please credit the Association by its full name when using this information.
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Italian State Dinners at the White House
The first State Dinner for an Italian head of state was in January of 1964. It was for Italian President Antonio Segni and was hosted by President Lyndon Baines Johnson.
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Something Old, Something New: Maria Monroe
Maria Hester Monroe, youngest daughter of President James Monroe and First Lady Elizabeth Kortwright Monroe, married Samuel Laurence Gouverneur, private secretary to the President, on March 9, 1820.
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Something Old, Something New: Elizabeth Tyler
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Tyler, the fifth child of President John Tyler and First Lady Letitia Christian Tyler, married William Nevison Waller, an attorney from Virginia, on January 31, 1842.
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Dolley Madison Estate Sale Catalog
Dolley Madison passed away at her house on Lafayette Square on July 12, 1849 at age eighty-one. By that age she was one of the few women of note who remembered the founding fathers personally. After her death the possessions she had cherished went to her niece and great niece and in 1899, a half a century after her passing, they were put
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Mr. Truman's Renovation: Transformation
Abbie Rowe's photographs captured the drama of the interior space as floors were removed to reveal levels above and below. Beginning in November 1950 when the weight of the empty exterior shell of the White House was transferred to a new skeleton of steel, Rowe, recorded in a little more than fifteen months, the rapid construction of a new White House
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Mr. Truman's Renovation
Abbie Rowe's photographs of the Truman renovation of the White House form a unique and invaluable visual record of one of the nation's most important architectural and engineering challenges of the time. A Virginia native, Rowe spent his career in government service and was a noted photographer for the National Capital Parks of the National Park Service.First hired by
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The White House is Falling Down
"The damned place is haunted, sure as shootin. . . . You and Margie had better come back and protect me before some of these ghosts carry me off." Harry Truman, in a letter to his wife Bess, September 9, 1946Shortly after moving into the White House, President Truman noticed the telltale signs of a building under serious physical stress. He frequently complained of